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Just passing through Kota Kinabalu. Got in from Poring by car a while back, and almost on our way to Danum, on a dying airline (the domestic-run of FAX). Same airline we took to Mulu – I just love planes … Continue reading
Just checking in briefly from a tiny internet café in a place called Poring, where people come to soak their weary muscles in the hot springs after ascending Mt Kinabalu. We aren’t soaking, even though we did walk part of … Continue reading
I am having telephone line problems at home in Kota Kinabalu, so that is restricting my blogging. And I have another 10 days of field work – to Kinabalu Park HQ, Poring, then Danum, before life becomes relatively normal again. … Continue reading
I am back – briefly – in Kota Kinabalu. Off again on Tuesday, though, to Kinabalu Park and Danum Valley. We have spent 3 weeks on the trail, and here’s a picture that explains what that means. Unfortunately, the trekking … Continue reading
Just when I think “I couldn’t get a better review than this one” – I do just that. Get another review that knocks my socks off and leaves me humbled. Writers love all good reviews, naturally – however, ones that … Continue reading
Some rather haphazard photos from Taman Negara (National Park) in Pahang, where we went when we left Royal Belum. We came down through the centre of the Peninsula from Jeli and Dabong to Lipis, then drove in to the Park. … Continue reading
Yesterday we came in from Taman Negara, Malaysia’s premier National Park. Today the team leaves for another park, Endau-Rompin down in Johor state. Work, remember? All work, I swear. Back Saturday. In the meantime, here’s something to play with. When … Continue reading
Astonishing beauty… A boat dwarfed by rainforest exuberance… Our boatman, Along, who put up with us always wanting him to stop and turn off the engine so we could focus on the birds…and who found us our last hornbill species … Continue reading
Have we got a record here? More of the hornbills in a moment…. I have embarked on the fieldwork for the project I am working on.Yep, visiting six National Parks or State Conservation areas is work, you know… We started … Continue reading
Over on Bibliobibuli, Sharon remarks that female readers will read books by both males and females, but that men have a preference for books written by other men. Or, to word it another way, they tend to dodge books written … Continue reading